company
f5
Palo Alto
cisco
cisco
Intelligent Traffic Processing
L7 requests per second: 10M
L4 connections per second: 4.2M
L4 HTTP requests per second: 35M
Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 300M
Throughput: 320 Gbps/160 Gbps L4/L7
Hardware Offload SSL/TLS
ECC†: ۱۰۰K TPS (ECDSA P-256)
RSA: 160K TPS (2K keys)
۵۰ Gbps bulk encryption
FIPS SSL
N/A
Hardware Compression
۶۰Gbps
Hardware DDoS Protection
۲۱۰M SYN cookies per second
TurboFlex Performance Profiles
Tier 3 (4x BW)
Software Compression
N/A
Software Architecture
۶۴-bit
TMOS
On-Demand Upgradable
N/A
Virtualization (Maximum Number of vCMP Guests)
۵۶
Processor
Two 14-Core Intel Xeon processors
(total 56 hyperthreaded logical processor cores)
Memory
۵۱۲GB DDR4
Hard Drive
۱x 1.6TB Enterprise Class SSD
Firewall throughput
۸.۸Gbps
Threat Prevention throughput
۴.۷Gbps
IPsec VPN throughput
۴.۸Gbps
Max sessions
۳,۰۰۰,۰۰۰
New sessions per second
۱۳۵,۰۰۰
Virtual systems (base/max)
۱/۶
Throughput: FW + AVC (1024B)
۳۲Gbps
۴۵Gbps
Throughput: FW + AVC + IPS (1024B)
۲۷Gbps
۳۹Gbps
Maximum concurrent sessions, withAVC
۲۵million
Maximum new connections per second, with AVC
۱۷۲K
۲۶۳K
TLS(Hardware Decryption)
۷.۳Gbps
Throughput:NGIPS (1024B)
۳۸Gbps
IPSec VPN Throughput (1024B TCP w/Fastpath)
۱۳Gbps
۱۴Gbps
Multi-Instance Capable
Yes
Yes
Centralizedmanagement
Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting are performed by the Management Center or alternatively in the cloud with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
AVC: OpenAppID support for custom, open source, application detectors
Standard
Standard
Cisco Security Intelligence
Standard, with IP, URL, and DNS threat intelligence
Standard, with IP, URL, and DNS threat intelligence
Cisco AMP Threat Grid sandboxing
Available
Available
URL Filtering: number of categories
More than 80
More than 80
URL Filtering: number of URLs categorized
More than 280 million
More than 280 million
Stateful inspection firewall throughput
۷۰Gbps
۷۵Gbps
Stateful inspection firewall throughput (multiprotocol)
۴۰Gbps
۵۰Gbps
Concurrent firewall connections
۲۵million
۳۵million
Firewall latency (UDP 64B microseconds)
۳.۵
۳.۵
New connections persecond
۳۵۰,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN throughput (450B UDP L2L test)
۱۴Gbps
۱۵Gbps
Maximum VPN Peers
۲۰,۰۰۰
۲۰,۰۰۰
Security contexts (included; maximum)
۱۰; ۲۵۰
۱۰; ۲۵۰
High availability
Active/active and active/standby
Active/active and active/standby
Clustering
Up to 16 appliances
Up to 16 appliances
Scalability
VPN Load Balancing, Firewall Clustering.
VPN Load Balancing, Firewall Clustering
Maximum concurrent sessions, with AVC
۳۰million
TLS (Hardware Decryption)
۷.۵Gbps
Throughput: NGIPS (1024B)
۵۲Gbps
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Standard, supporting more than 4000 applications, as well as geolocations, users, and websites
Cisco Firepower NGIPS
Available; can passively detect endpoints and infrastructure for threat correlation and Indicators of Compromise (IoC) intelligence
Cisco AMP for Networks
Available; enables detection, blocking, tracking, analysis, and containment of targeted and persistent malware, addressing the attack ontinuum both during and after attacks. Integrated threat correlation with Cisco AMP for Endpoints is also optionally available
Third-party and open- source ecosystem
Open API for integrations with third-party products; Snort® and OpenAppID community resources for new and specific threats
High availability and clustering
Active/standby. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series allows clustering of up to 6 chassis
Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies
Firepower 4100 Series platforms include Trust Anchor Technologies for supply chain and software image assurance.
New connections per second
۸۰۰,۰۰۰
Centralized management
Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting are performed by Cisco Security Manager
or alternatively in the cloud with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
Adaptive Security Device Manager
Web-based, local management for small-scale deployments
Storage
۴۰۰GB